rosco Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hi all, I thought I would share this with you. Every now and then something a little special comes throught the CDAS auctions and last Tuesday was the day. Here's "Bruce" a 20cm silver shark. The first photo is a out of focus but just to show a size comparsion against the so called "medium sized" sharks I recently bought at the LFS. And the second is him in his full glory. I picked him up for song as well. cheers Rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 thats not a cichlid! lol they are awesome fish. I used to keep them with other types of sharks. albino, black, red etc are you going to try to breed them rosco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 He is a really cool fish. I am slowly building up a 4' planted display tropical tank in the house with only a few species and silver sharks are main one. I just wanted to do something a little different. Knowing me I will end up putting in some breeding catfish or breeding dwarf's like rams or apistos, I just can't help myself. . s far as I know the only real way to breed these guys is through hormone injection, this is simply not going to happen here . cheers Rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Nice score rosco! love the name too alot of people in the shop i used to work at never believed me when i told them silver sharks got that big... and he will probably get bigger, i have seen them get up to 30cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genetik_defekt Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 lol they get alot bigger then this. Most ppl think they are a great community fish but thats not the case. Unless your "community" tank is 10x3x3. They can reach double this size, although it takes along time and most ppl tire of them long before they reach their potential. Look after him mate im sure he has seen alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedge Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Bruce is cool! How big is he at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattnshez Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Bruce is cool! How big is he at the moment? Here's "Bruce" a 20cm silver shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 My work has a large tank stocked primarily with silver sharks. They are a special fish. Very easily spooked. The can grow very large (fish tank large) with getting up like 20” to 2’ foot from memory. These fish are great jumpers, so unless you want them to go the same way as your leptsomas, PUT THE LIDS ON! Incidentally, don’t they eat plants? My work tank is stuffed with Java fern so stick with tough plants like this and anubias. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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